Tag: DWP
DWP announces major compensation payouts – thousands set to receive up to £5,000
With back payments covering several years, many claimants will be looking at substantial pay-outs running into the thousands …
Disability minister doesn’t deny PIP will face Labour cuts
Minister of State for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms appeared in Parliament today to face questions over Labour’s expected welfare reforms …
Fury as DWP error leaves pensioner forced to pay back £38,000
More than 30 organisations have joined forces in a letter to the DWP, demanding it restrict recovering benefit overpayments caused by its own errors. …
DWP rule change will see UK workers up to £100 a week better off
The rule change will benefit more than one million workers on low pay. …
Pension Credit change will hand state pensioners up to £1,645 from April
Pension Credit change will see pensioners up to £1,645 better off from April …
State pensioners ‘must check’ important new DWP letter, expert warns
An ex-DWP employee has explained how thousands of pensioners could be due huge back payments …
DWP state pension warning as 500,000 Brits to miss out on £470 triple lock boost
Nearly half a million pensioners could be set to miss out on a £470 triple lock boost due to a policy preventing those living abroad receiving increases. …
Rachel Reeves urged to scrap feared PIP cuts “that could plunge 700,000 into poverty”
The charities insist that reducing support will not incentivise work …
DWP issues urgent State Pension message as people told ‘request a call’
The Department for Work and Pensions is urging people not to miss out on their State Pension entitlement. …
DWP PIP – the 5 health conditions most likely to get you extended £737 five-year payment
Department for Work and Pensions figures show over 1.5 million Personal Independence Payment claimants have been granted an award for five years or more …
